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Ostracise

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Verb

1. ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun

expel from a community or group

2. ostracise, ostracize

avoid speaking to or dealing with

Example Sentences:
'Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me'

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Ostracise

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc
2. 
(in ancient Greece) to punish by temporary exile

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Ostracise

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈostraˌcized or ˈostraˌcizing
to banish, bar, exclude, etc. by ostracism

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